Ashinists, or Essenians, the best sect of Jews, placed Paradise in the Western Ocean; and the Id. Alishe, or Elisha of the Prophets, the happy land. Jezkal (our Ezekiel) mentions that island ; the Phoenicians called it Alizut, and some deem Madeira was... The American nations; or, Outlines of their general history, ancient and modern - Page 245 by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque - 1836 - 292 pages Full view -
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